2008
rain: 1/2"

2002
*set out Festival Maxima Peony at southwest exterior corner of pool fence - root from Walmart sale rack
*transplanted mallow & angel's trumpet from burn pile to provide cover while peony grows
*planted 25 'Fidelio' gladioli - bought from Walmart sale rack - brilliant pink - planted on west side of Mother's peony, intermingled with irises, at south end of daylilies & at SW corner of pool fence in groups of 5 or more - marked with white golf tees
*weather: threatening rain
*adopted black & white long-hair 7 week old kitten from family outside Elkins; Skye & Love named her "Cookie"; her mother is a Siamese mix named Taco & her father is a Sylvester-cat named "Oreo."

2000
*dumped pool water
*newly in bloom: mallow

1999

* 2" rain

1997
*frost
*in bloom: Mother's peony

1994
*planted 1/2 row Kandy corn
*set out 6 habenero pepper plants & 6 cayenne pepper plants

1994:
*Bought our home on 2 1/2 acres. A house, 6 maples lining the unpaved driveway, foundation plantings across the front of the house, 18 pecan trees & 2 black walnut trees across the back property line, 6 old & diseased peach trees, a pool, a small deck, a basketball goal & a concrete pad outside the garage, a dog pen, swing set, and lots of bermuda and pasture grass.

2000
*2nd apple tree brown [died]
*pears gone - harvested one
*froze 9 pts peaches from #2 tree
*canned 1 pt of pickled jalapenoes

1999
*Enterprise apple tree brown [died]
*birds eating pears (covered with netting 8/2)

1994
*canned 5 pts picante ketchup

2002
*planted green beans for fall crop

1999
*canned 6 1/2 pts pepper jelly

1994
*canned 4 pts green beans
*canned 7 pts tomato juice

1998
*first okra ready

1994
*canned 8 pts green beans
*froze 1 1/2 pts corn

1994
*canned 6 pts green beans
*froze 3 pts corn

2001
*froze 15 pts apples

1994
*canned 5 1/2 pts wild cherry jelly - bitter!

1999
*pool: crickets

1994
*canned 4 pts green beans

2002
*canned green pepper jelly: 5 pts & 4 half-pints

2000
*first hibiscus blooms

1999
*harvested first mess of okra

1994
*canned 1 pt pickled okra
*canned 2 qts dill pickles (Aunt Faye's recipe)

2002
*final blueberry harvest

1998
*canned 4 pts green beans

1994
*canned 6 pts green beans